Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1901 — CZAR'S THRONE WITHOUT AN HEIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CZAR'S THRONE WITHOUT AN HEIR

Olga, Tatiana and Marie, the three little girls of the Czar of Russia, have Just had a charming photograph taken, and here is probably the first copy of it to cross the ocean. The fact that these three children are girls may change the whole desti-

nies of a nation that includes a tenth of the world’s population. Although the little grand duchesses can never hope to inherit the throne of Russia, they can be : pretty sure of being queens if they grow up. It has

even been said that one of them has already been considered seriously by Queen Victoria, who is the greatest royal matchmaker in Europe, as a possible future queen of England, for It would be difficult to find a more exalted spouse for little Prince Edward of York

who has now reached the mature age of six. The Grand Duchess Olga Is five, Tatiana is three, and Marie was born only eighteen months ago. Their mother, the Czarina, is a granddaughter of

Queen Victoria, and a cousjp of Emperor William of Germany, whose boys will also be looking tor suitable prineessee before long. The Csar is a nervous and rather delicate man, whose life is an uncertain affair at best,even if the Nihilists spare

him, and if he should have no son the throne would pass to the Grand Duke Michael, the only brother he has left, and after Michael, who is not yet married, comes the Czar’s uncle, the Grand Duke Vladimir.

THE THREE CHILDREN OF THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.